Quality of Life and Survival in Patients with Advanced Kidney Failure Managed Conservatively or by Dialysis | Zendy

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Quality of Life and Survival in Patients with Advanced Kidney Failure Managed Conservatively or by Dialysis

Author(s) -

Maria Da SilvaGane,

David Wellsted,

Hannah Greenshields,

Sam Norton,

Shahid M. Chandna,

Ken Farrington

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01130112

Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , dialysis , hemodialysis , comorbidity , peritoneal dialysis , anxiety , depression (economics) , hospital anxiety and depression scale , kidney disease , psychiatry , nursing , economics , macroeconomics

Benefits of dialysis in elderly dependent patients are not clearcut. Some patients forego dialysis, opting for conservative kidney management (CKM). This study prospectively compared quality of life and survival in CKM patients and those opting for dialysis.

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